Mark 9 · Verse 50

Mark 9:50

Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Mark 9:50, King James Version

Mark 9:50 in other translations

BSBSalt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
WEBSalt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
ASVSalt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
YLTThe salt is good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season it? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'
DARBYSalt is good, but if the salt is become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.
BBESalt is good; but if the taste goes from it, how will you make it salt again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.
WebsterSalt is good: but if the salt hath lost its saltness, with what will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

What does Mark 9:50 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
50. Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his saltness--its power to season what it is brought into contact with. wherewith will ye season it?--How is this property to be restored? See on Mt 5:13. Have salt in yourselves--See to it that ye retain in yourselves those precious qualities that will make you a blessing to one another, and to all around you. and--with respect to the miserable strife out of which all this discourse has sprung, in one concluding word. have peace one with another--This is repeated in 1Th 5:13.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 50. Lost his saltness, etc. Mt 5:13.

Have salt in yourselves. Have the preserving, purifying principle always; the principles of denying yourselves of suppressing pride, ambition, contention, etc., and thus you will be an acceptable offering to God.

Have peace. Avoid contention and quarrelling, struggling for places, honours, and office, and seek each other's welfare, and religion will be honoured and preserved in the world.

(a) "salt have lost" Mt 5:13, Lk 14:34 (b) "salt in yourselves" Col 4:6 (c) "have peace one" Ps 34:14, 2Cor 13:11, Heb 12:14

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 50 If the salt have lost his saltness - See on Mat 5:13 (note). Have salt in yourselves - See that ye have at all times the preserving principle of Divine grace in your hearts, and give that proof of it which will satisfy your own minds, and convince or silence the world: live in brotherly kindness and peace with each other: thus shall all men see that you are free from ambition, (see Mar 9:34), and that you are my disciples indeed. That it is possible for the salt to lose its savor, and yet retain its appearance in the most perfect manner, see proved on the note on Mat 5:13 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 9:41-50

It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it is beyond compare better to undergo all possible pain, hardship, and self-denial here, and to be happy for ever hereafter, than to enjoy all kinds of worldly pleasure for a season, and to be miserable for ever. Like the…

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Mark 9:50 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καλὸνkalonGood [is]G2570
τὸtotheG3588
ἅλας·halassalt;G217
ἐὰνeanifG1437
δὲdehoweverG1161
τὸtotheG3588
ἅλαςhalassaltG217
ἄναλονanalonunsaltyG358
γένηται,genētaimay become,G1096
ἐνenwithG1722
τίνιtiniwhatG5101
αὐτὸautoitG846
ἀρτύσετε;artusetewill you season?G741
ἔχετεechetedo haveG2192
ἐνeninG1722
ἑαυτοῖςhe'autoisyourselvesG1438
ἅλαhalasaltG217
καὶkaiandG2532
εἰρηνεύετεeirēneuetedo be at peaceG1514
ἐνenwithG1722
ἀλλήλοις.¶allēloisone another.G240

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 9:50

  • Colossians 4:6

    Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

  • Romans 12:18

    If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

  • Matthew 5:13

    Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

  • 2 Corinthians 13:11

    Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

  • Hebrews 12:14

    Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

  • Philippians 1:27

    Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

  • Luke 14:34-35

    Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Ephesians 4:29

    Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

  • Job 6:6

    Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:13

    And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.

  • Ephesians 4:31-32

    Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

  • 1 Peter 3:8

    Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
is good.
Job 6:6; Mt 5:13; Lu 14:34,35
Have salt.
Eph 4:29; Col 4:6
have peace.
Ps 34:14; 133:1; Joh 13:34,35; 15:17,18; Ro 12:18; 14:17-19
2Co 13:11; Ga 5:14,15,22; Eph 4:2-6,31,32; Php 1:27; 2:1-3
Col 3:12; 2Ti 2:22; Heb 12:14; Jas 1:20; 3:14-18; 1Pe 3:8

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Context

  • Mark 9:49

    For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

  • Mark 9:50

    Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

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Mark 9:50 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Buena es la sal; mas si la sal fuere desabrida, ¿con qué la adobaréis? Tened en vosotros mismos sal; y tened paz los unos con los otros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Le sel est bon; mais si le sel devient insipide, avec quoi lui donnerez-vous de la saveur? Ayez du sel en vous-mêmes, et soyez en paix entre vous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Salz ist gut; wenn aber das Salz unsalzig geworden ist, womit wollt ihr es würzen? Habt Salz in euch selbst und seid in Frieden untereinander.